On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda<j...@pobox.com> wrote: > Incidentally, something I didn't grow up with and therefore encountered with > surprise in the homes of relatives: it is a great offense to serve rice > before any other item. Serving rice first apparently implies you're too poor > to eat anything else. > > Is this common practice elsewhere?
I don't know if there is any taboo associated with it but in traditional Kerala meals the rice is served after most of the other food is served (except for the sambhar, rasam, dal or curd which goes on the rice) -gabin -- this too shall pass
